The Case for a Balanced and Moderate Approach to Environmental Vegetarianism

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When I tell people I am a vegetarian, the most common response I hear is, “I want to become a vegetarian too, but I can’t.” Their reasons vary: “I wouldn’t get enough protein,” “my family wouldn’t allow it,” sometimes it’s as simple as “I just like bacon too much.” In a recent New York Times Op-Ed entitled, “I Admire Vegetarians. It’s a Choice I Won’t Ever Make,” senior Opinion editor, Alicia P.Q. Wittmeyer, argues that food, including meat, acts as one of her deepest connections to her cultural and…

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